Much of the necessary preparation of fossil bones, as demonstrated on this premaxilla of Allosaurus, is done with a miniature air hammer called an AirScribe. The AirScribe is an indispensable tool in the careful preparation of most dinosaur bones.

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Title Much of the necessary preparation of fossil bones, as demonstrated on this premaxilla of Allosaurus, is done with a miniature air hammer called an AirScribe. The AirScribe is an indispensable tool in the careful preparation of most dinosaur bones.
Photo Number P1048n042
Date 1960; 1961; 1962; 1963; 1964; 1965; 1966; 1967; 1968; 1969; 1970; 1971; 1972; 1973; 1974; 1975; 1976; 1977; 1978; 1979
Textual Date Circa 1960s, 1970s
Keywords Utah; Cleveland-Lloyd Dinosaur Quarry; Paleonotology; Dinosaurs; Quarries; Men
Additional Information None
Collection Number and Name P1048 James H. Madsen Photograph Collection
Collection Name James H. Madsen
Original Source N/A
Donated By/Purchased From The collection was donated by James H. Madsen in October 2002.
Rights All of the original slides comprising these sets, except as noted, were the personal property of James H. Madsen Jr. and DINOLAB, September 2002. They may not be reproduced in any way at this time without written permission from the Utah Museum of Natural History and the Special Collections Department, J. Willard Marriot Library, University of Utah.
Type Image
ARK ark:/87278/s6902qwd
Setname uum_map
ID 954740
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6902qwd